yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fmunozarrobo:
Download mtty.exe

to connect your iPAQ rx1950 to PC using the cable and insert an SD card from the iPAQ

Rx1950-Put in bootloader mode: Contacts + Mail + Reset for as long as their boots PDA (which will be a blank screen)

Run MTTY

"When you write" COMX "(X is a number), select USB or something not as" COMX "..

"In the window that appears, press ENTER to USB> prompt appears

Now type: ruu and wait until it completes the iPAQ rom update utility

Well, can be used the operating system ..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] threebeers:
I too have a semi-bricked rx1950 trying to install 6.1, stuck on the same loading screen as the picture. Trying to load either 5.0 or 6.1 roms through usb results in a 402 failed to connect errors after 1/2 load. No button combination results in anything but going back to this screen (reset seems to be the only responsive button anyway). Can't find working mtty or bootloader.exe links anymore. Please please repost these files and instructions. There seem to be several of us with bricked rx1950s from reading several threads on this. Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] akkufix:
Ok, its an old thread...but maybe someone like me, who like playing with those "old-fashioned toys"...

I have found some difference to get in bootloader mode with this rx1950 and make backup from rom.

While pda is disconnect, with a sdcard in it (fresh formatted fat16, best if all is written with 0) which works under win-mobile (so, not a hc one...), press power and reset to get a reboot, when pda reboot, press shortly after that contacts + mail + reset and watch screen to get a white screen with HP-logo.

Then press only the mail-button, hold it and connect usb-cable to PC.

Start mtty, select usb, wait until PDA cames up like "usb>" in the box and write r2sd in it. PDA should come with a message and two lines for status.

Wait, until its ready. Done.

PDA will normal reboot after backup is ready.

Note - The card will not be readable with normal PC and Win-mobile itself would like to format it.

Check card by putting it in PDA and start with bootloader. It will asked you, if you want to install rom. Press power-buton to don't let him, unplug card and reset the device.

Store your sd-card in a safe place...or make an image with winhex. For that, don't choose driveletter, but sdcard to copy from.
[Advantage X7510 General] michyprima:
ROM WM6.1 B21042 R6.1 Reloaded​

Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/226811479/X7510_R6.1_Full_Reloaded_WM6.1_B21042.rar.html

Anyway, if you like what i do, don't forget to donate using the link in the signature. Thanks.
[Advantage X7510 General] youmeus:
THANK YOU!

Michy I just wanted to say a big thanks from all of us at the x7510 thread for all your hard work. This has been fun working with you...
[Advantage X7510 General] berk_bear:
Michy, thank you very much! Your work is great!!!
[Advantage X7510 General] thintin:
Woohoo!

Not sure what I'm doing yet, but this sounds good...:-S
[Advantage X7510 General] thintin:
D'Oh! max limit reached on rapidshare! :-(
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
Hi Michelle- great work here! I've got this on my O2 XDA Flint and it really rocks- very fast and seems stable so far!

I'm really surprised how good PointUI has become- I've used Mobile Shell 2 and 3 till now, but may keep PointUI for the time being.

RAM after a SR seems a little low at 48MB- does PointUI grab a lot of memory?

What have you taken out of this build in the Lite version? I may try the Lite if I can't get enough RAM for iGO8 to work (not tried it yet but it usually likes 50MB free to run)

Thx again
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
Hmm- just checked and PointUI uses 16MB of RAM, so I may go back to MS3 which only uses 8MB!
[Advantage X7510 General] michyprima:
just checked : pointui is using 8.85mb ram according to the fdc taskmanager.

edit: the light vrsion is just like the full, but is only the clean operating system.
[Advantage X7510 General] embassy:
Thanks for all the hard work you have put into this project.

I have installed all three versions and have settled with the 6.1 Light, I am ver interested in a Manilla version of 6.1, is this possible ?

I will be making donation to your beer fund for sure!
[Advantage X7510 General] embassy:
Whats MS3?
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
Spb Mobile Shell 3 :)

Michy: Yes- it does seem to vary, but currently mine is using 10MB for PointUI, so I don't know why it was initially 16MB!

Good news is that iGO8 runs fine even with PointUI loaded, and even better in this ROM, iGO actually exits correctly, which it doesn't in the stock O2 ROM.

I may still try the Lite version!

Donation on its way :)
[Advantage X7510 General] rsawoseyin:
Needs some work

I think this Full version needs some more work. The Light version seems much better. First, to be left with only 34MB of program memory after installation is terrible - the Light version leaves me with 64MB. Secondly, when I selected PCM Keyboard Ext for my input, the input selection simply froze. No input keyboard would come up, and I could not even select any other keyboard.
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
Possibly somethig went wrong with the installation? Did you do a hard reset immediately after the ROM flash? That sometimes clears some temporary files that can remain behind.

I had 47MB program memory after a soft reset with PointUI loaded and 57MB with it unloaded. The Lite version gave me 61MB after the ROM flash, going down to 48MB with Spb Mobile Shell 3, Touchpal and Spb Weather installed, so the 2 ROMs are quite similar. I've seen no major difference in performance between the Lite and Full versions, but have opted for Lite as I hate Opera and prefer to have it removed, and I prefer Touchpal as my SIP :)

I didn't try the PCM keyboard whan I had the full version installed, but have had the same freezing on both my previous X7510 and Diamonds so maybe its an application issue?
[Advantage X7510 General] natrix-iva:
May be this question is outside of this thread but the problem occured with this new ROM.

Previously on SIM changing all new parameters of internet connection were received automatically from mobile operator. Now they aren't.

I like this version and I don't to go back to old original slow version... and I can't get settings from mobile operator (Vodafone CZ) to setup them manually.

What it could be? And how it can be solved?
[Advantage X7510 General] rsawoseyin:
The installation went smoothly. I make it a rule to always do a hard reset after any flashing.

If PCM Keyboard is buggy, it should not be part of the ROM. I had used PCM Keyboard before and it was ok. It was the PCM Keyboard Ext I tried and the device froze.
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
Sorry - I meant the PCM-Ext one! I don't even know what it's supposed to do as each time I tried it on older devices it froze!

Your RAM issue - I can only assume some sort of flashing error as you have done everything by the book. I can only repeat that I had around 45MB free. Maybe Michy can confirm the expected figures?

Anyway from your other post, I presume you are now using Lite?

@ natrix- yes, this ROM omits the HTC Connection Setup program so you need to find the correct settings. Can you ask Voda CZ tech support?
[Advantage X7510 General] embassy:
Neil,

I see from your site review of the Flint, you tested it with the O2Menu software installed the rebrabded Mobile shell app.

Any chance you can hook us up with a Cab to install ? or point is to a link for DL ?
[Advantage X7510 General] natrix-iva:
Thanks a lot, NeilM. At least I know the reason of the problem.

I found in internet settings for different countries.

In case it will be useful for someone else:

http://www.unlocks.co.uk/gprs_settings.php

From the support of Vodafone CZ I've got nothing :(, by the way
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
Ah- glad you found it- I was about to post a link to This site that seems to have a comprehensive list of operators (including Voda CZ!)
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
It may not have been clear from the review, but the reviewer, Dave, was using the standard Spb Mobile Shell application on his Flint. The O2 Menu application comes with the O2 Zest which he also reviewed, but I don't know if anyone has extracted it yet.

It may be worth your while registering on 4WM, and posing the question in the Flint review thread- you may get a better answer!
[Advantage X7510 General] YOSEFE:
Real VGA & Internet Calling Options

Michy,

Thanks for the ROM. I stumbled upon it when I was searching the forum for the latest updates on ROMS for Athena.

I have downloaded and flashed/run the ROM on my X7500. It is working fine without any problems at the moment. The only trouble, which I consider small is that it will not sync on Windows 7 RC version. I intend to uninstall WMDC and reinstall it and see what happens.

My main concern for this post though is to find out what I need to do to have the options of using Real VGA, and Internet Calling. Are there any cabs I can download and run on my X7500, to make this latest ROM fuller, like say your previous release of WM6.1 R6.1, where Real VGA options where inbuilt with the ROM?

Thanks for your consideration and work.
[Advantage X7510 General] rsawoseyin:
Great improvement!

I must update you on my experience with a re-flash with this full ROM. First, unlike in previous flashing, I removed the miniSD card before flashing. I was absolutely amazed at the free program memory afterwards: 62MB! I have not re-tried the PHM Ext Keyboard, but I find the overall device response excellent. After installing all my usualy additional applications (mostly on the flashdisk, but some like Spb Mobile Shell 2 and ContactsSMSbackup in main memory), I still had 54MB free. Quite impressive!

I suspect there are more interesting things to discover in this ROM, but one I just discovered is the .NET Configuration. It allows one to force a particular version of .NET for a given application. This could be useful for old applications that have not been updated and cannot work with .NET 3.5.

I have an application (e-Sword) which has not been updated for a while and now shows its controls and icons as very tiny images. I have not found a solution to it yet.
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
Are you actually running this X7510 ROM on an X7500?

I'm surprised it works at all, but you may find some problems; the X7510 has a Flash Disk rather than Microdrive, and the drivers are different; also the X7510 lacks a joystick and some buttons, and the ROM doesn't have drivers for these.
[Advantage X7510 General] YOSEFE:
NeilM,

you have a keen observation.

I hope this is not the end of the road for my joy in this ROM. You correctly pointed out that some buttons, joystick and Microdrive don't have drivers in this ROM.

Any advice how I can use "Pointui Home 2" Today Screen with Michy's previous Athena WM6.1 R6.1 on the X7500? Are there other goodies I can take from the new ROM to the "old" ROM? This will be a great compromise for me.

Cheers.
[Advantage X7510 General] YOSEFE:
The problem of "e-sword" and its icons, especially under "Bible Reading" has to do with "RealVGA/VGA" configurations.

I had the same problem with the Athena WM6.5 (All the variants), e-sword is fine on WM6.1 R6.1 and maybe also okay on AP4.

e-sword is more at "home" with 192 dpi.
[Advantage X7510 General] YOSEFE:
Edit

I have found the "pointui" homescreen cab at pointui.com. There is the pro (paid for version) and the free version.

My other questions still remain the same.
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
OK- glad you found the PointUI site!

Which other 'goodies' are you after? I haven't had an X7500 since November, but I'm sure Michy had done a similar ROM for that device?
[Advantage X7510 General] rsawoseyin:
e-Sword and RealVGA/VGA

Thanks for throwing light on this issue. e-Sword is by far my preferred Bible software and it is a shame I cannot use it comfortably any more. It appears the author is not enthusiastic to update it.

But that raises a question for this ROM: How about providing the option to choose the VGA mode (RealVGA or VGA) for a particular application just as is provided for .NET configuration?
[Advantage X7510 General] YOSEFE:
NeilM,

I see "Finger Keyboard" here. Is it in any of the other ROMS, particularly WM6.1 R6.1?

Thanks.
[Advantage X7510 General] YOSEFE:
POINT OF CORRECTION RE: e-sword

This is just to correct my own highlight. Apparently e-sword is happy with RealVGA 128 dpi, and not 192 dpi. 96 dpi is much smaller. In WM6.1 R6.1, I have selected 128 dpi in RealVGA.

In e-sword, I have configured "Text Size" to "Largest", in order to compensate for the small text under 128 dpi. This makes the text more readable.
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
That's not possible, as the change from VGA to RealVGA requires a soft reset, to load all the changed system files between the resolutions.
[Advantage X7510 General] YOSEFE:
NeilM or anyone else,

I have now installed "Pointui Home 2" on my X7500 running Michy's WM6.1 R6.1. How do I disable "Big HTC Home" and make "Pointui Home 2" the default Homescreen?

So far, everytime I reboot the PPC, it reverts to "Big HTC Home".

Thanks for your help.
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
You should be able to go the Start/Settings/Today then tap the Items tab. Look in the list for HTC Home, and untick it.

This is the proceedure for all Today plug-ins; if however, the HTC Home in this ROM loads as a startup program rather than a Today plugin, you need to open File Explorer (and make sure Menu/Show all Items is selected) then navigate to My Device/Windows/Startup and look for a relevant entry, which you can then move elsewhere to take it out of this folder (and can move back later if required!).
[Advantage X7510 General] YOSEFE:
NeilM,

Thanks. The following is in my startup folder:

btdwake.lnk

Changer.lnk

filedlgchgs.lnk

FTouchFlo.lnk

poutlook.lnk

SIPChange.lnk

VCDaemon.lnk

wktask.lnk

Which one would you suggest is the loader for Today Screen?

Cheers.
[Advantage X7510 General] YOSEFE:
NeilM,

thanks for staying with me on this concern. I have now figured out what should be done, and it worked.

The procedure is:

Start>Settings Then Click "Today Config".

Under "Today Config", uncheck what you don't need, and check what you need.

Select "Apply" (Soft Key), Select "Ok" on popup windows, Close "Settings", and soft reset or power off, and restart.

Enjoy.
[Advantage X7510 General] michyprima:
it restore htc home because it switch between manila and htc home on the screen rotation (manila can't work in landscape). however, the right lnk is Changer.lnk.
[Advantage X7510 General] chappatti:
Is it SPL 3.5?

Dear God (aka Michy),

Sorry, if I missed it in the thread...is this OK with SPL 3.5?
[Advantage X7510 General] chappatti:
Hmmmm...Never mind!! Wrong ROM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hmm..God,...forget my question

This is for X7510....I read it as X7501!
[Advantage X7510 General] smuppy:
Opera and landscape/portraitmode

Hi!

Michy, you rock, totally awesome rom!

Only found one issue that I'm not very comfortable with.

1. Change screen to landscape.

2. Open Opera.

3. Click the connections-icon in the taskbar (or any of the other icons).

Opera will flip the screen to portraitmode.

1. Click-and-hold on screen in opera

2. Choose Landscape

The screen will flip to landscapemode but for lefthands ;)

Any solution to this, or anyone have any idea on where in the reg to start looking?

Thanks again, Michy!
[Advantage X7510 General] Tadeusz:
First, big thanks to Michy. At last my x7510 is as it should be.

Donation is on its way. Fully deserved.

About opera flipping the screen. This is well known issue of latest opera versions. This is the reason, I always use opera version 1957. This seems to be the last version without this issue. Of course I am on clean version of Mishy's ROM, only to have an option of installing my choice of opera.

But you have a solution also with this version. if you start up "Autorotate x7510 service" in Gsensor option, you will have the screen be flipped automaticaly exacltly accoring to poition of your Athena.

You also can install that version of opera over the one you have now.

Hope it helps.
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
..or you could dump Opera altogether and use the far superior Netfront Concept 3.5 with a suitable User Agent string! NF allows a choice of user agents so you can switch between desktop and mobile configurations quickly :)
[Advantage X7510 General] smuppy:
Hm, I had no idea that it was a known issue :-)

Thanks a bunch for the ideas, think I'll downgrade opera as I dont like the autorotation feat.

Regards,

Anders, .se
[Advantage X7510 General] smuppy:
NF Concept? Never even heard of, must test it, you dont have a link handy do you? :-)

I have come to like Opera quite much the longer I've used it. Waiting with anticipation for Fennec...

Regards,

Anders, .se
[Advantage X7510 General] michyprima:
http://www.access-company.com/products/mobile_solutions/netfrontmobile/browser/35_wm_tp.html
[Advantage X7510 General] teacher1960:
Pointui?

I have tried Pointui, Winterface and SPb, but I find the shell by your countryman ssj5trunks (Ifonz2) to be way superior to any of these. It is not because it looks like Iphone (I find that a little embarassing, so I have made my own icons which differ as much as possible from Iphone) It is just the functionality which is superior as a user experience from other shells. Have you ever considered using this instead of Pointui
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
Thanks for that link Michele :)

There are 2 distinct features I like about Netfront- first the View Setting options which allows a number of view settings to be defined, which includes Zoom, text size, virtual canvas size, browsing mode and display mode, plus whether animations and images are viewable. View Setting configs can be selected from the menu, but it goes further than that.

When saving favourites, each favourite can be associated with a specific View Setting, so opening the favourite automatically loads the preferred settings for that site.

As I memntioned earlier, I also like the ability to define up to 5 User Agent strings. The default is Netfront Browser Demo and is essentially a mobile browser, but adding a desktop UA such as 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.2) Gecko/20010726 Netscape6/6.1' will make the browser appear as a desktop for full site display. The Tools menu allows the switching of User Agent configs.

It's horses for courses as with all software, but I think NFdeserves better exposure as a real alternative to Opera (or Skyfire)
[Advantage X7510 General] michyprima:
i think that too. NF is better. the only thing for that i include opera instead of netfront is that netfront concept version periodically expires.
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
HeHe- yes. I think it has been in Beta for about 18 months now, with each beta version expiring after 3 or 4 months!
[Advantage X7510 General] wernervw:
Hi, i'am new in ATHENA world. I flash this ROM i found it great! But it's a little bit laggy, is it normal? Does Point UI has something to od with it?

Thank you.
[Advantage X7510 General] Tadeusz:
Laggy? Strange. Michy's ROMs are fast, usually. I use the "clean" flavour of this ROM and is fast. No comparison to the original ROM. However, Additions in this ROM (like Point UI) can make it a bit slower. Also some settings, like switching on GSensor or some other staff, can make it slower. Try to go to task manager and check what apps and what services are on. This can help tracing the reason.
[Advantage X7510 General] smuppy:
Thanks a bunch michy, have it installed and testing!
[Advantage X7510 General] chappatti:
Working on X7501 (ATHENA)...yes, _01!! But some issues

@Michy (I bow to you), Neil_M or YOSEFE

I have this installed on X7501 (ATHENA, yes, X7501)! And in my opinion it is much better than most of the ROMs I have run (Irus, Sogarth, AP4, and Michy's own 6.1 and 6.5 etc)!!! It is very responsive (have Radio 1.58, SPL 3.5). Really, I am loving this soooo much...I am finding it very difficult to let go of this ROM!!!! My signal also is much stronger .............

Some small things though:

* I have the same issues YOSEFE has ...buttons, microdrive, etc But some that are not mentioned...

1. My keyboard is acting up...it basically does not work and if it does its mapping is all wrong....Yes, I know this is for 7510 but any fixes I can try...I really love this ROM.

2. Of course my microdrive is gone....I saw YOSEFE's post earlier...ANy solutions?

3. Buttons...any fixes......

Can these stuff be ported from the ATHEna ROMs????

PLEEEAASSEEEEE.....love this ROM!
[Advantage X7510 General] chappatti:
Hmmmm....answering my own question?

So, if we want X7510 based ROM on X7500/X7501 (Athena) we need to use AP4....it is X7510 based and nk.exe is patched.

But AP4 is slower.....Is there a 'light' AP4 version ? Can't find it?
[Advantage X7510 General] teacher1960:
AP4

I'm a complete newbie when it comes to flashing and such. I'm trying to read and learn from the different threads here. I've come across many references to AP4 but I've never found out what it is, or if it is relevant for my x7510. would apreciate if somebody could show me a thread where I can read about this
[Advantage X7510 General] Tadeusz:
Hi, there. Be careful. Good that you are asking.

AP4 was made for X7500/X7501 devices. Those have different hardware then X7510. That means ROM made for those devices does not have drives for hardware in X7510. This is the reason you would loose your 16GB flash drive and some functions of the keyboard after installing any of ROMs for the other device then X7510.

If you really own x7510, forget about installing any ROM other then the one found here, on the forum for X7510. Michy's ROMs are excellent. You can take a "Full" version with some additional apps inbuilt in the ROM, or better take the "Clean" version, and then install apps which you really want. This is my choice here.

The "Clean" version, is not actually completely clean. It has some most basic apps needed by most of users. the rest you can find here and there, and install afterwards. This gives you the choice to install most of apps on Flash Disk, living the memory space free.

Hope this helps.
[Advantage X7510 General] michyprima:
1-3) Well. The rom you are using have the X7510 kernel. That means that you CANNOT fix it anyway using a cab or something like that.

2) You need to install MD drivers. Just try to find them
[Advantage X7510 General] teacher1960:
AP4

To Tadeusz

Thank you for taking the time and making things clearer, though I read somewhere in a thread that somebody wanted to port AP4 to 7510 then this doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Is there anywhere I can find out what's on Michy's roms because I need the Microsoft Office for my work and I don't where I could find those apps if I had to install them again.

P.S I do own a x7510 and with Ifonz2 installed it is really functional and I just love it to death. you can see my screens on this page, where I've tried to contribute in a small way

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=482986&page=21
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
Even Michy's 'Light' ROMs include Office Mobile.

Before installing any new ROM though, you MUST install HardSPL
[Advantage X7510 General] chappatti:
Thanks

Thanks for your reply Michy. And did I mention that this ROM is excellent!!! :D

Yeah, I figured there was no easy fix or you would have done it!:p:p

But as always superb work!!!

It makes me wonder what people at HTC do all day!! I guess most phone manufacturer's are trying to fulfill wireless provider's needs....which are restrictive....and not spending too much time improving phones.

Ahhh...I better no get started. Thanks again Michy.
[Advantage X7510 General] thintin:
Hi, another first time flasher here!

I have the hard SPL from the sticky thread in this forum. I'm going to install the hard SPL and then use it to flash the light ROM from Mitchyprima (big thanks for that :-).

I'll feedback afterwards, fingers crossed!